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PS4 selling out.....
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BuddyTheBestPuppy
Member
Just got a Ps4 pro. Loving it. Uncharted 4 is awesome
good to hear. is there a noticeable diff between regular and boost mode?
ShadowkillXNA
Member
I was exaggerating a little lol but it does give off more heat than i expected.
And yes I've owned gaming pc's. Currently have a i5 4690k/gtx 1070.
MickeyPhree
Member
Bought a ps4 for my girl this past Tuesday. 200 was too good to pass up.
Yesterday at the Walmart I was at to snatch an awesome 4k tv they had on sale.
Saw almost everybody in the gaming section snatching up the PS4's in droves. This guy was something else though.
November NPD is gona be fiyah.
Now that's a dick move.
I wonder what the cashiers are thinking while cashing all that stuff out.
At a lower price point youre getting access to a formidable game library even if its not a Pro or something new like Switch. You cant go wrong.
BuddyTheBestPuppy
Member
Not using boost mode
Eh well the thing is you will only benefit from boost mode in games that are NOT yet patched for Pro.
Those benefits include faster loading times and doing a better job of hitting the target FPS consistently with fewer dips. For example if a game is supposed to be 30fps but it dips to 25 a lot, boost mode would help it stay closer to 30. Thats about it.
But again, if the game is patched for Pro then boost mode does nothing.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
The pro doesnt need boost mode for UC4
ThatStupidLion
Member
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im wondering if these consoles are even going to stay in the US. i feel like the amount they would make here isn't worth the effort.
scalpers aside, i believe that ps4s were flying off of shelves....I was in two targets and most people in the electronic sections were buying tvs or ps4s. didn't see as many switches being bought, though i did see a very large stock of them
WaterAstro
Member
Dat shopping cart.
Aintitcool
Banned
That guy is going to make a youtube video called... I have 40... Ps4's.
You expect them to slash the price of a system that hasn't even been out a month?? And something tells me they haven't given up since they just released a new console...
Maybe he is going to stack them and call it "art".Yesterday at the Walmart I was at to snatch an awesome 4k tv they had on sale.
Saw almost everybody in the gaming section snatching up the PS4's in droves. This guy was something else though.
November NPD is gona be fiyah.
thelastword
Banned
PS4 was sold out on Amazon, that's why it didn't make that list....but they still had ONE-S a plenty it seems..
PS4 definality on top on Amazon too.
TLZ
Banned
Yesterday at the Walmart I was at to snatch an awesome 4k tv they had on sale.
Saw almost everybody in the gaming section snatching up the PS4's in droves. This guy was something else though.
Dude stacking PS4s to create his own PS5.
Newegg has the 1TB Slim with COD WWII in stock right now for $199 if anyone is still interested.
Seems like a great deal. The skin on it is super ugly, but if I end up disliking WWII I will probably sell it and buy a new skin for the console.
Seems like a great deal. The skin on it is super ugly, but if I end up disliking WWII I will probably sell it and buy a new skin for the console.
Unknown?
Member
Hot dawg! Thats like getting a PS4 for $139.99! Truly insane deals this year.
Lol, owned
I bought 3 Pros last year on a No-VAT day and when I jokinly asked the cashier if I could buy 10 she said they would happily sell me 20 if I wanted
Every brick store I went to this weekend was sold out/ close to selling out! $199?! Insane! Even gamestop had $199 WITH a $50 gift card?! Jebus!
I also found stacks of Switches, so good on Nintendo for actually having supply.
I saw two targets with one Xbox One X, and I resisted all temptation 😂
I also found stacks of Switches, so good on Nintendo for actually having supply.
I saw two targets with one Xbox One X, and I resisted all temptation 😂
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Yesterday at the Walmart I was at to snatch an awesome 4k tv they had on sale.
Saw almost everybody in the gaming section snatching up the PS4's in droves. This guy was something else though.
November NPD is gona be fiyah.
Wtf?
Don't understand for what purpose you'd need so many PS4s.
Sizemore24
Member
Company chrismas party gift?
or gonna try to resell them for 30$ profit lol....
Shin
Banned
Easy $800+ free cash through Ebay or whatever.
Toe-Knee
Member
SaucyJack
Member
In the UK it is the base console (500gb) that is selling out everywhere. Black Friday deals of the base console with multiple games at £199 has been flying off the shelves.
Reverse Giraffe
Banned
I mean, you can't really beat $200.
If I didn't already have a ps4 I'd have gotten one.
If I didn't already have a ps4 I'd have gotten one.
Fbh
Member
That, like most other products, there is more to consoles than just raw power/specs? Stuff like exclusives, marketing, what platform your friends are on and, maybe most importantly, price are all important factors
You might be shocked, but according to the data we get from Steam the GTX 1050, 1060 and 1070 are all more popular than the Gtx 1080 despite it being much more powerful. The GTX 1060 is actually the most popular GPU on steam right now. It's almost as if for most people getting good performance for $200 was more appealing than getting the best performance for $700
BebopMcJigglypuff
Member
It's only delusional people who think the bulk of sales are going to be driven by pros or x1xes. I'm pretty sure most households still don't have 4k tvs. Honestly I think pro or x1x sales being over around 20% of the total is likely an indication of very poor overall sales numbers.
Dargor
Member
Shes probably happy that things are getting sold and her job is not at risk.
PhillMeCream
Member
I just bought a pro, not in a rush to get a x consider I just bought s late last year
I've seen people do the same exact thing with 40" TVs. They sell them to people who are too clueless to have heard of SlickDeals... or perhaps even Amazon.
SaucyJack
Member
I always thought Base/Premium models ratio was going to be something like 80/20 (at best) for both PS and Xbox. Price plus games beats specs (over a minimum hurdle) for the majority.
Toni
Member
Im going with this as well.
Sony will crush the 19 million sales prediction for the whole year.
I was there at PS4's launch with the lines and been out and about on every Black Friday since PS4 came out and I have never seen this much demand for it. Not just what I saw in Walmart, but on Instagram, Facebook, folks taking photos of it online, websites announcing it sold out, Reddit updates of it, insiders sharing how it was selling out in droves, etc. everywhere the presence of the PS4 was felt for black friday week in a way I hadn't seen before.
I dare say $199 was a stroke of genius from Sony's part. The timing was just right.
No matter how well the Switch does, it has been clear for a couple of years now that the PS4 will be winner this gen. Selling out when it goes on sale for a great price shouldn't be so surprising. Happened earlier this year here as well, when it sold for 188 nationwide in the week the Switch launched.
I personally still think the controller is a piece of trash, but Sony did great with the PS4 on all fronts. Hard to deny that.
I personally still think the controller is a piece of trash, but Sony did great with the PS4 on all fronts. Hard to deny that.
JaxBriggs
Member
Bar the mostly useless light and crappy battery life, I think the DS4 is the best controller they've made. Certainly the most comfortable to hold.
But yeah, boy did the battery life take a massive step backwards compared to the DS3.
Haha, well, you're certainly right about it being better then previous DS controllers and the battery life, but my problem is mostly with the left control stick. I have tiny hands and I can't for the life of me control a 3D game with that stick being so far out. For the right stick, where you only have to move the camera every once in a while and only have to move it slightly that's no issue on any controller I've used so far. But the left stick is an obstacle I can't overcome, which is why I haven't bought a PS4. Shame, because otherwise it's a great piece of hardware, with a great library and awesome deals all the time. Certainly the best Sony console so far.
Sickness702
Member
Thanks for contributing to this thread, this is really insightful and adds to the discussion.
Sickness702
Member
What would really be a cunt move is if he returned them after the $199 sale is over
TLZ
Banned
Nah.
Imtjnotu
Member
Wouldn't doubt if you see all of them on Craigslist for $300 bucks each
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
That's foul.